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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 13, 1999

                         Edison Brothers Stores, Inc.
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)

        Delaware                    1-1394                    43-0254900
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(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
                                                         Identification No.)

                               501 North Broadway
                            St. Louis, Missouri 63102
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           (Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

                                 (314) 331-6000
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                       N/A
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          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)






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Item 5.  Other Events

         On March 9, 1999, Edison Brothers Stores, Inc. and seven affiliated
companies (the "Company") filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
District of Delaware a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of
title 11 of United States Code, case number 99-529 (the "Chapter 11 Filing").
The Company continues in possession of its properties and is operating and
managing its business as debtor-in-possession subject to Court approval for
certain actions of the Company.

         Monthly Operating Reports are filed with the Office of the United
States Trustee. A copy of the Operating Report of Edison Brothers Stores, Inc.
and its subsidiaries for the period May 30, 1999 through July 03, 1999 as issued
on July 29, 1999 is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.


Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

         (c)  Exhibits

         Exhibit No.     Description
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Exhibit 99.1             Operating Report for period May 30, 1999 through
                         July 03, 1999.





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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          EDISON BROTHERS STORES, INC.

Date: August 13, 1999                     By:   /S/ John F. Burtelow
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                                                John F. Burtelow
                                                Chief Financial Officer